ELLE: And any acting projects planned?
LJH: I quit acting, actually. I quit Gossip Girl and now tour and am in a band and that’s pretty much all I want to do. Hopefully I’ll be able to only do that for the rest of my life.

i am shuddering in disgust at how truly awful this video is. of course, it was produced by some idiots down at the university of alabama.

John: everyone in the comments is all, it's racist for white people to do rap parodies.
i was like, UGH
gawker readers. lay off it for once!
pick your battlesme: it is a little racist of them to put on backwards caps while rapping, thoughJohn: it's a little racist to rap on UA's campus
i mean, i figured that was outlawed

here's an amazing moment from the opening night of beyonce's four-night too-expensive-for-me-and-joel-to-go-to concert stint at roseland. beyonce asked the crowd to join her for the chorus, but they surprise her by singing the whole verse. just adorable. GOD, i wish i was in the room!(UPDATE : w2g. you missed it. ssssstupid.)

check out this old-timey spaceship house, the centerpiece of an exhibit of finnish architect matti suuronen's work at rotterdam's boijmans museum.

The bulbous curves of the handcrafted objects, which predated the Industrial Revolution, are followed by the raw geometry of early mass-manufactured products. As industrial production became increasingly sophisticated throughout the 20th century, designers were able to produce shapes that were aesthetically purer and structurally more complex. (via)